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Futurity – To find where rock melts, go deeper

Rock can and does liquify, at least in small amounts, as deep as 250 kilometers in the mantle beneath the ocean floor. The starting point for melting has long thought to be 70 kilometers. (Credit:...

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Mercury may have harbored an ancient magma ocean, paper reveals — phys.org

Credit: United States Geological Survey Mercury may have harbored an ancient magma ocean, paper reveals February 21, 2013 by Jennifer Chu By analyzing Mercury’s rocky surface, scientists have been...

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